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The tropical tortoise Chelonoidis denticulata (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina and its paleoclimatological implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Adriana S. Manzano ,
Jorge I. Noriega  and
Walter G. Joyce
Adriana S. Manzano
Affiliation:
CONICET-UADER, Matteri y España, (3105), Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina,
Jorge I. Noriega
Affiliation:
CONICET-UADER, Matteri y España, (3105), Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina,
Walter G. Joyce
Affiliation:
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Tübingen, Sigwartstraße 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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The terrestrial tortoise clade Chelonoidis is endemic to the South American continent and nearby islands. Three continental species are currently recognized that inhabit three distinct habitats. The red-footed tortoise (C. carbonaria) and yellow-footed tortoise (C. denticulata) are often sympatric tropical to semi-tropical taxa, but the former taxon generally prefers open and wet savannahs, whereas the latter distinctly prefers permanent and wet forest cover. In contrast, the Chaco Tortoise, C. chilensis, is arid-adapted and lives along the eastern dry slopes of the southern Andes (Ernst and Barbour, 1989). The diverse group of generally dry-adapted tortoises from the Galapagos Islands is currently thought to be the gigantic sisters of C. chilensis (Caccone et al., 1999).

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 83 , Issue 6 , November 2009 , pp. 975 - 980
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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